Planning Awards shortlist announced

Last month 15 planning experts gathered together to draw up the shortlist for the Planning Awards, which will be presented in London on 23 June.

Judges: a panel of experts considered the awards entries

The Planning Awards recognise excellence in professional planning work, as well as associated fields such as legal services and stakeholder engagement. Work carried out or completed since 1 January 2015 was eligible for this year's awards.

The judges were generally looking for entries that had improved or were likely to improve the physical or environmental quality of a place or the economic or social well-being of a community, as well as certain category-specific criteria. Extra marks were awarded for originality, potential for long-lasting impact, community involvement and benefit, value for money and/or financial viability.

Planning would like to extend its thanks to the judges for the substantial amount of time and expertise they put into the selection process, and also to the awards sponsors: Border Archaeology, Burges Salmon, the Planning Officers Society, PPS and RPS.

The awards will be presented alongside this year's Placemaking Awards at a ceremony at Savoy Place on the central London riverside on the evening of 23 June. To reserve your place, contact Tamsin Ballantyne on 020 8267 4125 or tamsin.ballantyne@haymarket.com, or click here

THE SHORTLIST

Award for Development Management

Maldon Council development management team (submitted by Maldon District Council)Management not control (London Borough of Hounslow)North East Lincolnshire Council/Engie Partnership's development management service (Engie)Plymouth City Council's development management service (Plymouth City Council)Transformation development management at Dudley (submitted by Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council)

Battersea Power Station - Phase 4A (Battersea Power Station Development Company)Eastfields (Levitt Bernstein)Golden Lane Playground (City of London Corporation)North West Cambridge Development (University of Cambridge)Land south of School Lane, Broughton, Hampshire (WYG)Wycombe Summit (Hambledon Land)

Maldon District Council enforcement teamLondon Borough of Hounslow, for Planning for Corporate Objectives Thurrock Council, for Pro-active Plan-making

Planning Law Firm of the Year

Sponsored by RPSBircham Dyson Bell, for the Hinkley Point C Connection ProjectBerwin Leighton Paisner, for the redevelopment of the Whitgift shopping centre for the Croydon Partnership, a joint venture partnership between Westfield and HammersonDentons UKMEA, for the Regenerating Greenwich project